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Jesus Christ and Nathanael
How Jesus Christ and Nathanael are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jesus Christ and Nathanael met.
Nathanael doubted that any good could come from Nazareth. Jesus told him he had seen him under the fig tree, and Nathanael called him "the Son of God".
Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?
John 1:46, King James Version
when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee
John 1:48, King James Version
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God
John 1:49, King James Version
Where they cross: John 1:45-49
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
John 1:45-49
45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
King James Version